Barack Obama dons shorts and a polo shirt to enjoy a relaxing game of golf in balmy Hawaii after reports of him expressing alarm over Trump in private White House meeting with Biden

Former President Barack Obama was seen relaxing golfing in his home state of Hawaii, days after he warned President Joe Biden about Donald Trump’s “formidability.”

The 62-year-old was spotted with a group of friends at the Kapolei Golf Club on the island of Oahu.

He was seen wearing a teal shirt, gray shorts, personalized gloves, sneakers and a white cap.

Known for his love of the sport, Obama played 333 rounds during his eight years as president, an average of once every 8.8 days.

By comparison, his successor, Donald Trump, played about 260 rounds of golf during his four-year term.

The 62-year-old was spotted with a group of friends at the Kapolei Golf Club on the island of Oahu

He was seen wearing a teal shirt and gray shorts, along with his personalized glove, sneakers and white cap

Former First Lady Michelle Obama previously told Ellen DeGeneres that her husband’s love of the sport was a source of frustration, confessing that the only thing she would get rid of is his golf clubs because it takes him “too long” to play the game plays.

She said, ‘They’re annoying! It takes too long! Why is there a sport with 18 holes? They just made that up; that’s someone trying to avoid his wife!’

It comes after reports emerged this week that the twice-elected president urged President Biden, who served as his vice president, to be “more aggressive” because he “fears Trump is more formidable” than Democrats realize.

According to a new report, Obama recently had an off-the-book lunch at the White House with President Joe Biden to share his concerns and advice about his former running mate’s campaign.

Obama is known for his love of the sport and played a total of 333 rounds in his eight years as president, an average of once every 8.8 days.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama previously told Ellen DeGeneres that her husband’s love for the sport was a source of frustration

It comes after reports emerged this week that the twice-elected former president urged President Biden, who served as his vice president, to be “more aggressive.”

Obama became “animated” as he discussed the 2024 election and Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the presidency, suggesting Biden should restructure his campaign to be more agile. WashingtonPost This was reported on Saturday based on people familiar with the matter.

The lunch meeting reportedly took place in recent months but has not been previously reported, and Obama does not appear in the White House visitor logs, which allow exceptions for certain types of visits.

According to the Post, Obama suggested that Biden’s campaign, which is headquartered in Delaware, needed to become more agile and given the authority to act without permission from the White House, where many of Biden’s top advisers still operate.

At a separate lunch last summer, Obama also shared his concerns that Trump is a more formidable opponent than many Democrats realize, citing his die-hard base of loyalists, a deeply polarized country and the support of conservative media, sources told the Post.

Obama recently had an off-the-book lunch at the White House with Biden to share his concerns and advice about his former running mate’s campaign. The two are seen above in 2014

Obama also reportedly shared concerns that Trump is a more formidable opponent than many Democrats realize, citing his die-hard base of loyalists.

In a head-to-head confrontation, Biden has seen a two-point lead turn into a three-point deficit

With the Republican caucuses in Iowa starting in nine days, Trump maintains a commanding lead over his Republican rivals in the polls.

Biden, 81, has the worst approval ratings of any modern president at this stage in his term, running neck-and-neck or trailing his likely Republican opponent in the polls.

“If the election were held tomorrow, President Biden would lose,” William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told AFP.

So far, Biden’s strategy has focused on positive messages about the president’s performance — especially on leading the economy out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

But “so far they haven’t really changed anything,” Galston said, especially since many Americans are still feeling the effects of high food and housing prices regardless of improving government statistics.

An angry Joe Biden called Donald Trump “sick” and a “loser” in his first campaign speech of 2024, saying “we almost lost America” ​​on January 6

Migration through the Mexican border remains a major problem, while there is division within his party over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas, and Republicans in Congress are blocking his bid for more money for Ukraine.

Another major concern is that Biden has lost support among the black and Hispanic voters who helped him to the White House in 2020.

But perhaps Biden’s greatest vulnerability is his age: He has suffered a series of outings and verbal slip-ups that Trump, who at 77 is only four years younger, has repeatedly mocked.

Galston said Biden would have to run a “vigorous campaign,” including multiple trips to battleground states and presidential debates, to convince voters he was not “evasive and senile.”

“If he can’t run a strong campaign, I’m afraid that will only confirm the doubts,” he said.